Vilkitsky Strait, Russia.

Vilkitsky Strait (Russian: Пролив Вилькицкого) is a strait between the Taimyr Peninsula and Bolshevik Island in the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago. The strait connects the Kara and Laptev Seas. The length of the Vilkitsky Strait is 104 km, width - approx. 55 km, depth - between 32 m and 210 m. it is covered with drifting ice all year round. The strait was discovered in 1913 by a Russian hydrographic expedition led by Boris Vilkitsky and then named after him in 1918. Simplified diagram A strait is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses. ... Taimyr or Taymyr (Russian: Таймы́р) may mean: a peninsula in Siberia that forms the most northern part of mainland Asia, see Taimyr Peninsula a river in the Taimyr Peninsula, see Taimyr River a lake from which the Taimyr River flows, see Lake Taimyr This... Bolshevik Island (Russian: Остров Большевик) is the southernmost island of the Severnaya Zemlya group in the Russian Arctic, and the second largest island in the group. ... Severnaya Zemlya, Russia Severnaya Zemlya (Russian: , Northern Land) is an archipelago located in the Russian high Arctic at around . ... A map showing the location of the Kara Sea. ... A map showing the location of the Laptev Sea. ... KM, Km, or km may stand for: Khmer language (ISO 639 alpha-2, km) Kilometre Kinemantra Meditation Knowledge management KM programming language KM Culture, Korean Movie Maker. ... Look up M, m in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Hydrography is the measurement of physical characteristics of waters and marginal land. ... Boris Andreyevich Vilkitsky (Вилькицкий, Борис Андреевич in Russian)(3. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ...